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There's something really... telling about the exact way you get a reward token, here. I think the expectation would be (at least to my mind) that you'd be rewarded for somehow appearing "normal," or "overcoming" your flaw, but that's not exactly the case. You (the player and the character) are rewarded for performing your flaw to the exact level of detail the game demands. Which is very interesting.

If we were to ask the question of what lesson there is to be learned here (a question I don't particularly like, but let's try it on for a moment), we might think it's that what succeeds in the strange and artificial world of a political debate is knowing yourself and your flaws and working with those flaws to make your point, rather than against them. The next question, of course, has to be: How does this align with our material world, and what can we learn by the comparison?

Look at all the thinking I've done just getting inside this game! Much more than watching a debate, rest assured.

Thank you so much for the game! It's such a ride!

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Thanks so much, Jared. There's also something to be said about "knowing" enough of yourself to capitalize on your flaws (or ticks) for the betterment of your social status. I think so many politicians nowadays (including the president) use their idiosyncrasies to get what they want. However, of course, they don't want to show their hand too much. And at a  macro level, we do the same. I am already getting to an age where I use the way I act and react to people to my advantage. It's unnerving, but true.

Thanks for playing along, and for creating such an interesting jam!